It’s Time for Some Joyous Music From Snarky Puppy Associates Bokanté: “Vayan”

Respect for the warriors of this earth
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Bokanté - Vayan
From the album “Strange Circles,” out now on GroundUP Music.

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Digital: http://radi.al/BokanteApple
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Recorded and filmed at Dreamland Studios in West Hurley, New York, in April of 2016.

Written by Michael League & Malika Tirolien.
Music arranged by Michael League.
Vocals arranged and lyrics written by Malika Tirolien.

Produced by Michael League.

Personnel:
Malika Tirolien - vocals
Jamey Haddad - percussion
André Ferrari - percussion
Keita Ogawa - percussion
Chris McQueen - baritone electric guitar
Bob Lanzetti - electric guitar (solo)
Roosevelt Collier - pedal steel guitar (solo)
Michael League - electric bass and baritone guitar

Engineered and mixed by Nic Hard.
Assisted by Bella Blasko.
Mastered by Scott Hull at Masterdisk NYC.
Filmed by Andy LaViolette, Simon C.F. Yu, Yusuke Suzuki, and Michael League.

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Lyrics:

(Creole)

Aaaaah
Fo nou sonjé yo
Aaaaah
Fo nou pryé pou yo

Aaaaah
Voyé fos ba yo
Tout moun kryé
Aaaaaah
Voyé kouraj ba yo
Aaaaaah
Voyé limyè ba yo

Siw vlé ba yo la fwa
Pryé pou yo
Siw vlé ba yo kouraj
Kryé pou yo
Siw vlé ba yo lespwa
Dansé pou yo
Pas yo bizwen fos an nou
Mem jan nou bizwen ta yo

Aaaaah
Voyé lanmou ba yo
Tout moun kryé
Aaaaah
Voyé pasyans ba yo
Aaaaah
Bénédiksyon pou yo

Sé pas yo goumé ban nou kè nou la
Nou pé pa oublyé sa
San yo nou té ké toujou ka poté sé chen la
Alo jodia nou ka chanté
Pou tout vayan o konba

SOLO

Siw vlé ba yo la fwa
Pryé pou yo
Siw vlé ba yo kouraj
Kryé pou yo
Siw vlé ba yo lespwa
Dansé pou yo
Siw vlé ba yo fos la
Chanté pou yo

Siw vlé ba yo la fwa
Pryé pou yo
Siw vlé ba yo kouraj
Kryé pou yo
Siw vlé ba yo lespwa
Dansé pou yo
Pas yo bizwen fos an nou
Mem jan nou bizwen ta yo

Aaaaah
Voyé lanmou ba yo
Tout moun kryé
Aaaaah
Voyé pasyans ba yo
Aaaaah
Bénédiksyon pou yo

Sé pas yo goumé ban nou kè nou la
Nou pé jen oublyé sa
Sé pas yo tonbé ban nou kè nou la
Nou ké toujou respekté sa
An di yo mèsi pou tout sa yo fè
Yo mérité honè é respè
Respè pou tout vayan ki asi la tè
Honè pou sa ki ja an lè

(English)

Verse
ah
let us remember them
ah
let us pray for them

ah
send strength their way
everyone screams
ah
send some courage to them
ah
send some light to them

Bridge
if you want to give them faith
pray for them
if you want to give them courage
scream for them
if you want to give them hope
dance for them
for they need our strength
as much as we need theirs

Verse
ah
send love to them
everyone screams
ah
send patience their way
ah
blessings for them

Chorus
we are here because they fought for us
we can’t forget that
without them
we would still wear chains
so today we sing
for the warriors on the battlefield

Verse
ah
send love to them
everyone screams
ah
send patience their way
ah
blessings for them

Chorus
we are here because they fought for us
we can’t forget that
we are here because they fell for us
we will always respect that
let us thank them for all they have done
they deserve honor and respect
respect for the warriors of this earth
honor for those above

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jaunte  Jun 9, 2017 • 9:26:05pm
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retired cynic  Jun 9, 2017 • 9:26:37pm

They’re doing Peeps downstairs. I had to leave.

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The Ghost of Senator Incitatus  Jun 9, 2017 • 9:35:09pm

re: #414 Belafon

Music question. My 17 year old middle son, who for the longest time would not listen to anything but classical music, has picked up some wide tastes in music, including David Bowie. He listens to it online some, but I would like to get him a couple of Bowie albums. What would be the best two to get?

Edited because I didn’t make it explicit that I wanted David Bowie albums.

Hm.

Ziggy Stardust and Diamond Dogs are usually where I’d tell people to start, but you might want to consider Low and/or Heroes if he’s a classical music person. Both have been adapted into symphonic compositions by Philip Glass.

But your best bet is to find out what track he’s actually listened to, then find the corresponding album.

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Kragar  Jun 9, 2017 • 9:35:38pm

Current project status:

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Targetpractice  Jun 9, 2017 • 9:37:38pm

1993-2000: “We don’t need evidence to prove that the Clintons did anything illegal!!”

2001-2008: “SHOW US THE EVIDENCE!!!!”

2009-2016: “The allegations alone deserve investigation!”

2017: “YOU CAN’T PROVE TRUMP DID ANYTHING ILLEGAL!!!”

Beginning to sense a pattern…

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covfefe  Jun 9, 2017 • 9:43:07pm

re: #2 retired cynic

What. You’re not into Peepza?

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retired cynic  Jun 9, 2017 • 9:43:36pm

re: #6 covfefe

What. You’re not into Peepza?

Nein!

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Belafon  Jun 9, 2017 • 9:46:26pm

re: #3 The Ghost of Senator Incitatus

Hm.

Ziggy Stardust and Diamond Dogs are usually where I’d tell people to start, but you might want to consider Low and/or Heroes if he’s a classical music person. Both have been adapted into symphonic compositions by Philip Glass.

But your best bet is to find out what track he’s actually listened to, then find the corresponding album.

Thanks.

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The Ghost of Senator Incitatus  Jun 9, 2017 • 9:55:20pm

The last bit about finding what’s he listening to specifically is because Bowie was incredibly dynamic across his career as a writer/composer. Most people fall hardest for his glam rock period (hence Ziggy and DD).

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teleskiguy  Jun 9, 2017 • 9:56:20pm

Fun with a big ski area in Utah’s Twitter account. And also my mom.

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makeitstop  Jun 9, 2017 • 9:58:13pm

re: #8 Belafon

Thanks.

I’ll repeat what I said downstairs - the two albums by Tin Machine (in which Howie decides to be just a member of the band) are overlooked but really excellent records.

The first one in particular is stellar, and the track ‘Under the God’s is a standout - and suddenly relevant in our current political climate.

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teleskiguy  Jun 9, 2017 • 9:59:26pm

re: #8 Belafon

Space Oddity and Blackstar.

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makeitstop  Jun 9, 2017 • 9:59:40pm

re: #11 makeitstop

Bowie, not Howie. Dopey autocorrect.

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Dave In Austin  Jun 9, 2017 • 10:02:20pm

Just makes me have huge feels……..

Jerry Douglas - Gone To Fortingal

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stpaulbear  Jun 9, 2017 • 10:04:38pm

This is the song that I want to go out on this evening.

The Soft Boys - I Wanna Destroy You

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stpaulbear  Jun 9, 2017 • 10:10:20pm

re: #8 Belafon

I recommended ‘Heroes’ below but then also recommended a Mott The Hoople album that David Bowie produced for them. It combines Mott’s rock and roll instincts with some of Bowies artier instincts and it turned out great. ‘All The Young Dudes” is a classic.

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teleskiguy  Jun 9, 2017 • 10:17:10pm
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Joe Bacon  Jun 9, 2017 • 10:34:29pm

re: #3 The Ghost of Senator Incitatus

Hm.

Ziggy Stardust and Diamond Dogs are usually where I’d tell people to start, but you might want to consider Low and/or Heroes if he’s a classical music person. Both have been adapted into symphonic compositions by Philip Glass.

But your best bet is to find out what track he’s actually listened to, then find the corresponding album.

I’m showing my age now—remember when a DJ at KQV in Pittsburgh played “Please Mr. Gravedigger” on Halloween (68 or 69, can’t remember) but that track REALLY creeped me out!

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Targetpractice  Jun 9, 2017 • 10:40:40pm

re: #19 The Major

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They keep using that word…

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allegro  Jun 9, 2017 • 10:45:25pm

re: #20 Targetpractice

They keep using that word…

Thinking the same thing. Also wondering what dimension must be occupied to find any vindication in the former FBI director’s Trump’s-a-lying-liar testimony.

These guys. I swear.

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Nyet  Jun 9, 2017 • 11:11:14pm

Shall we play Report-The-Nazi again?

There’s this guy, “Dennis Wise” who made an idiotic, low quality documentary about how Hitler was the greatest guy ever. It’s popular in certain circles, as you can imagine.

His twitter account has recently been suspended and he’s been stupid enough to acknowledge he has other accounts. Which, by the twitter rules, should be suspended too.

Report away, if you please:

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FormerDirtDart  Jun 9, 2017 • 11:40:34pm
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Targetpractice  Jun 9, 2017 • 11:41:46pm

re: #24 FormerDirtDart

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I guess what happened in Vegas didn’t stay in Vegas.

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Dave In Austin  Jun 10, 2017 • 12:07:11am
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Targetpractice  Jun 10, 2017 • 12:09:28am

re: #26 Dave In Austin

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It’s amazing how much of the things that the GOP insists they got elected to do must be done under the cloak of darkness.

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freetoken  Jun 10, 2017 • 12:32:06am

re: #27 Targetpractice

I’m more amazed about the masses of Trumpers who just don’t seem to care. I have folk on my Facebook stream which swear that CNN/NBC/CBS are fake news and they only watch Fox. To them Trump is great.

What to do with these folk?

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Targetpractice  Jun 10, 2017 • 12:38:11am

re: #28 freetoken

I’m more amazed about the masses of Trumpers who just don’t seem to care. I have folk on my Facebook stream which swear that CNN/NBC/CBS are fake news and they only watch Fox. To them Trump is great.

What to do with these folk?

I think time and age will solve that problem, but unfortunately time is moving too damned slow in a system that’s not exactly know for its speed.

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freetoken  Jun 10, 2017 • 1:07:14am

re: #29 Targetpractice

But we seem to be regressing. Just waiting doesn’t seem to be working.

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teleskiguy  Jun 10, 2017 • 1:41:34am
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Nyet  Jun 10, 2017 • 2:23:59am
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William Lewis  Jun 10, 2017 • 2:30:46am

re: #32 Nyet

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That’s what happens when they’re nothing but Omega males.

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I cannot.  Jun 10, 2017 • 2:34:42am
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freetoken  Jun 10, 2017 • 2:36:46am

Creationists… are even worse in the Catholic variety. Posted yesterday on youtube:

Faith Life Family Ep 31 Creation vs Evolution w/Hugh Owen

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freetoken  Jun 10, 2017 • 2:40:23am

Flat earthing live:

Flat Earth - The Pantomime Drama

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wheat-dogg  Jun 10, 2017 • 2:45:57am

re: #36 freetoken

I am amused by the Mercator projection on the wall behind him. Do they not understand that the map is a plane representation of a nearly spherical surface?

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freetoken  Jun 10, 2017 • 2:49:48am

So many Alex Jones wanna-bes on Youtube… what does tell us about our society?

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I cannot.  Jun 10, 2017 • 2:52:54am

re: #38 freetoken

We’re fucked. That’s what it says. We’re fucked. We had a good run, though, and we can have fun mocking the stupid until their stupidity gets us killed though.

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Lupin  Jun 10, 2017 • 3:00:51am

Trump excommunicated by Artotyrite church.

link

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Amory Blaine  Jun 10, 2017 • 3:01:00am

re: #38 freetoken

We haven’t reached the proper ratio of grifters to rubes yet. Increasing as time goes by, rube creation is inversely proportional to falling education funds.

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Nyet  Jun 10, 2017 • 3:30:22am

answersingenesis.org

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I cannot.  Jun 10, 2017 • 3:46:38am

re: #42 Nyet

When even the answers in genesis crowd can drag a group for bad science, that group needs to go back and rethink things.

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Nyet  Jun 10, 2017 • 3:50:48am

re: #43 I cannot.

We’re in an ironic situation when the best rebuttals of fleatearthers probably come from the YECs. Because the mainstream scientists don’t give a damn, whereas flatearthism is dangerous to the YECs (it can be used to weaken their “teach the controversy” argument, to mock their Biblical literalism, etc.).

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Shiplord Kirel  Jun 10, 2017 • 3:54:14am

The crazy right never really intended to gain control of the national government; they can peddle their snake-oil and conspiracy theories quite profitably from a position of nominal opposition. Indeed it is more than a little uncomfortable for a charlatan like Alex Jones to have his man, Trump, in a position of real power. Why, for instance, has Trump not revealed “the truth” about UFOs or chemtrails or Sandy Hook? When you’re in power you have to put up or shut up. Conspira-liars have developed some work-arounds for this but it taxes their ingenuity and credibility right to the breaking point even among their pitifully gullible followers. The most cynical RW grifters, televangelists for example, may well realize that it is actually dangerous to have people who were elected by brainwashed rubes in positions of real power. A general nuclear exchange cannot be good for a mega-dollar religious empire nor would it do much for MLM profits. To use last year’s favorite analogy, the right wing’s Dr. Frankensteins have lost control of their monster and it may yet destroy them.

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freetoken  Jun 10, 2017 • 4:01:35am

re: #40 Lupin

Trump excommunicated by Artotyrite church.

link

The original holy rollers!

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Nyet  Jun 10, 2017 • 4:02:59am

He was never a member of the Arthrytic Church, how did he get excommunicated? Only Mormons are allowed to do it ;)

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Varek Raith  Jun 10, 2017 • 4:03:10am

Hi.

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Nyet  Jun 10, 2017 • 4:03:31am

re: #48 Varek Raith

Hi.

Привет.

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Varek Raith  Jun 10, 2017 • 4:06:17am

I see that Bill Maher is ever the jackass.

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MsJ  Jun 10, 2017 • 4:11:09am

re: #25 Targetpractice

I guess what happened in Vegas didn’t stay in Vegas.

I’m quite sure other people have taken a disease or two home from Vegas before. 😳

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freetoken  Jun 10, 2017 • 4:17:06am

The Scots may save the UK yet?

Ruth Davidson planning Scottish Tory breakaway as she challenges Theresa May’s Brexit plan

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Shiplord Kirel  Jun 10, 2017 • 4:17:34am

In an unaccountable outburst of lucidity, Pat Robertson actually denounced young earth creationism a while back. Fellow fundies dismissed him as a senile crazy person until the rubes’ famously short attention span was exceeded, at which point he reverted to his accustomed status as revered prophet.

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freetoken  Jun 10, 2017 • 4:28:25am

Well, I never had a teacher that looked like that…

Maths teacher who ‘romped with THREE students’ arrested

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Shiplord Kirel  Jun 10, 2017 • 4:36:29am

Cleansing the Earth with nuclear fire would no doubt be a bad thing for humans. Perhaps we should take a longer view however. The Earth itself would recover in a couple of hundred thousand years, probably with a much changed and more survivable biosphere. This is about 1/20,000th of its probable lifespan, ie the mere blink of an eye. The proverbial Sweet Meteor of Death would be quicker, and probably allow for a faster recovery, but we don’t seem to have one handy. Trump, however, has the nuclear arsenal quite literally at his pudgy fingertips.

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caseyjr  Jun 10, 2017 • 4:37:15am

. re: #11 makeitstop

I’ll repeat what I said downstairs - the two albums by Tin Machine (in which Howie decides to be just a member of the band) are overlooked but really excellent records.

The first one in particular is stellar, and the track ‘Under the God’s is a standout - and suddenly relevant in our current political climate.

I saw Tin Machine on saturday night live, and was amazed. Only knew of Bowie from the 1970’s stuff when I was very young, just the top 40 radio hits.
Tin Machine rocks hard.

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Nyet  Jun 10, 2017 • 4:38:05am

re: #55 freetoken

Typical comment will probably be “it’s OK if a hot chick does it”.

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Nyet  Jun 10, 2017 • 4:39:48am

re: #56 Shiplord Kirel

If there are no humans to inhabit it, of what use is the Earth?

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Varek Raith  Jun 10, 2017 • 4:41:52am

re: #59 Nyet

If there are no humans to inhabit it, of what use is the Earth?

Uh, it would be of great use to me.
/Silly hew-mon.

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 10, 2017 • 4:41:57am

re: #57 caseyjr

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I saw Tin Machine on saturday night live, and was amazed. Only knew of Bowie from the 1970’s stuff when I was very young, just the top 40 radio hits.
Tin Machine rocks hard.

Tin Machine was ahead of the curve - they anticipated grunge a few years before it exploded out of the Pacific Northwest’s music scene.

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Alyosha  Jun 10, 2017 • 4:46:48am

re: #59 Nyet

I’d like to think we’d occupy a small glass display in an alien museum exhibit that demonstrates the futility of tribalism.

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Shiplord Kirel  Jun 10, 2017 • 4:49:10am

re: #59 Nyet

If there are no humans to inhabit it, of what use is the Earth?

It will be of great use to whatever creatures survive, cockroaches for instance. It is also possible that other intelligent species will evolve. They can study us just as we study creatures who have been extinct for millions of years. Since we are far more numerous than the proto-humans we have studied, and our presence far more intrusive, it is likely that future students of the past will be able to learn by our example.

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Nyet  Jun 10, 2017 • 4:57:42am

re: #63 Shiplord Kirel

In other words there is no discernible value in cleansing the Earth.

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Shiplord Kirel  Jun 10, 2017 • 5:13:14am

re: #64 Nyet

In other words there is no discernible value in cleansing the Earth.

It’s pretty much a zero-sum game, yes.

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Pineapple Pizza  Jun 10, 2017 • 5:14:04am

re: #56 Shiplord Kirel

Cleansing the Earth with nuclear fire would also be very bad for cats & dogs & goats & guineapigs.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Jun 10, 2017 • 5:23:01am

re: #37 wheat-dogg

I am amused by the Mercator projection on the wall behind him. Do they not understand that the map is a plane representation of a nearly spherical surface?

That’s actually the Robinson Projection. It is currently the most accurate representation of that is use. The Mercator is a nautical use projection (cylindrical) and, as such, loses lots of land mass accuracy The further you get from the equator. The Robinson is the lastest attemp the decrease that distortion that will appear on any projection and it decreases land mass distortion as compared to the Mercator, greatly.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Jun 10, 2017 • 5:25:54am

re: #41 Amory Blaine

We haven’t reached the proper ratio of grifters to rubes yet. Increasing as time goes by, rube creation is inversely proportional to falling education funds.

Think you mean creation rate is directly proportional to falling funding. Inversely proportional to funding.

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 10, 2017 • 5:29:51am

So, in the fallout from the British General Election, it seems embattled PM May is apparently seeing a formal coalition arrangement with Northern Ireland’s DUP.

itv.com

This has the potential to undermine the Good Friday Agreement. In her quest for power, it seems she’s willing to throw it all away.

Speaking as an outside observer……….she’s gotta go.

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wheat-dogg  Jun 10, 2017 • 5:52:07am

re: #67 Colère Tueur de Lapin

That’s actually the Robinson Projection. It is currently the most accurate representation of that is use. The Mercator is a nautical use projection (cylindrical) and, as such, loses lots of land mass accuracy The further you get from the equator. The Robinson is the lastest attemp the decrease that distortion that will appear on any projection and it decreases land mass distortion as compared to the Mercator, greatly.

Well, in any event, it’s still a projection of a curved surface onto a flat one.

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jeffreyw  Jun 10, 2017 • 5:54:02am

Imgur
Good morning!

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Varek Raith  Jun 10, 2017 • 5:55:56am

re: #71 jeffreyw

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Varek Raith  Jun 10, 2017 • 5:56:37am

Odd.

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jeffreyw  Jun 10, 2017 • 5:58:45am

re: #72 Varek Raith

Odd.

The kitty? Or yours truly?

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 10, 2017 • 5:59:15am

re: #74 jeffreyw

The kitty? Or yours truly?

Kittys for breakfast?

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Varek Raith  Jun 10, 2017 • 6:00:14am

re: #74 jeffreyw

The kitty? Or yours truly?

My response ,72, showed up as empty.

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Varek Raith  Jun 10, 2017 • 6:01:44am

As for your pic, no fair.
I can’t grow a beard like that at all.
Jerk.
:P

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 10, 2017 • 6:03:02am

re: #69 Dr Lizardo

For those wondering why a formal Tory/DUP coalition is a cause for concern, I’m going to let this Reddit user answer it, because they did far better than I could.

A British Government reliant on the support of the DUP for their majority is in the same position as one in a formal coalition with the DUP with regard to negotiations in Northern Ireland. Sinn Fein and the SDLP already don’t believe that the British Government under May acts as a neutral facilitator for negotiations, not without reason, and if the Government is propped up by the DUP then they simply can’t claim to be an honest, neutral broker.

So the Tories relying on the DUP, even just with confidence and supply, vindicates everything that Sinn Fein have said about British rule in Northern Ireland for decades - that the British aren’t honest brokers, that they can’t be trusted, that they will always side with unionists, that there is nothing in the union for Irish republicans and nationalists, that there’s nothing in the union even for soft unionists who reject the DUP’s corruption and conservatism, that the only option to represent the interests of most people in NI is a united Ireland.

This is very bad news for power sharing. Talks in the past have succeeded because nationalists have accepted that the British Government has no interest in Northern Ireland beyond respecting the right of its people to self-determination. This was certainly the case under Blair, and I think under the coalition too. This principle is the foundation of the Good Friday Agreement. If the Government ends up in a partisan position where they owe their position in the Commons to the DUP then that will undermine the confidence of nationalists in the process and make it much less likely that negotiations will be successful.

And let’s not forget that the negotiations are scheduled to end at the end of June - just in time for loyalist marching season, traditionally the most tense time of year in Northern Ireland. Everyone involved needs to tread very carefully, but May’s government seems to lack any understanding of Northern Ireland and has in the past shown itself willing to be played by the DUP so I don’t for a second believe that they will be at all careful.

So it’s a disaster for power sharing, but Sinn Fein will be loving it. I imagine Gerry Adams is rubbing his hands with glee. Theresa May is handing them a huge win because she doesn’t understand Northern Ireland.

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Barefoot Grin  Jun 10, 2017 • 6:09:14am

re: #78 Dr Lizardo

For those wondering why a formal Tory/DUP coalition is a cause for concern, I’m going to let this Reddit user answer it, because they did far better than I could.

Whoa. Sounds like things could blow up.

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 10, 2017 • 6:12:45am

re: #79 Barefoot Grin

Whoa. Sounds like things could blow up.

I hope not; the last thing anyone needs is a return to sectarian strife. And the last thing Britain needs is the return of the IRA (or whatever permutation they’re calling themselves these days - I think there’s still a handful running around).

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Barefoot Grin  Jun 10, 2017 • 6:17:43am

re: #80 Dr Lizardo

I hope not; the last thing anyone needs is a return to sectarian strife. And the last thing Britain needs is the return of the IRA (or whatever permutation they’re calling themselves these days - I think there’s still a handful running around).

I’ve heard that the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland is an important and fairly flourishing economic zone the future of which Brexit has thrown into question. It seems like it’s in everyone’s interest to keep calm and work things out.

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 10, 2017 • 6:19:34am

re: #81 Barefoot Grin

I’ve heard that the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland is an important and fairly flourishing economic zone the future of which Brexit has thrown into question. It seems like it’s in everyone’s interest to keep calm and work things out.

Yeah, but it seems that PM May is so desperate to cling to power that she’s not seeing the forest for the trees.

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451_Montag  Jun 10, 2017 • 6:25:06am

re: #82 Dr Lizardo

Yeah, but it seems that PM May is so desperate to cling to power that she’s not seeing the forest for the trees.

They see the forest, it’s just they are willing to burn it all down to get what they want. Reminds me of another political party.

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jeffreyw  Jun 10, 2017 • 6:27:07am

re: #75 Dr Lizardo

Kittys for breakfast?

We serve breakfast to six kittehs, at last count.

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Big Beautiful Door  Jun 10, 2017 • 6:37:18am

re: #30 freetoken

But we seem to be regressing. Just waiting doesn’t seem to be working.

Remember that Trump’s election was a bit of a fluke. He got a lower percentage of the popular vote than Romney did, and only managed to squeak in because Hillary was the most unpopular major party nominee ever other than Trump himself, and Trump had the help of the Russians, the mainstream media and Comey. Its unlikely the stars will perfectly align for the GOP nominee in 2020 as they did for Trump last year.

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jeffreyw  Jun 10, 2017 • 6:39:12am

re: #77 Varek Raith

As for your pic, no fair.
I can’t grow a beard like that at all.
Jerk.
:P

I’ve worn a full beard for nearly 50 years. I did some porn ‘stache variations after I got home from ‘Nam but I’ve burned all known photographs of me from that period.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jun 10, 2017 • 6:41:26am

Morning Lizardim.

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Skip Intro  Jun 10, 2017 • 6:49:59am

re: #80 Dr Lizardo

I hope not; the last thing anyone needs is a return to sectarian strife. And the last thing Britain needs is the return of the IRA (or whatever permutation they’re calling themselves these days - I think there’s still a handful running around).

We need to check with Peter King about that. I’m sure he’s up to date on which terrorists he supports.

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Skip Intro  Jun 10, 2017 • 6:51:52am

re: #85 Big Beautiful Door

You’re assuming fair and open elections. That’s a big mistake too many people here are making.

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Big Beautiful Door  Jun 10, 2017 • 6:54:45am

re: #89 Skip Intro

You’re assuming fair and open elections. That’s a big mistake too many people here are making.

The courts have been helping in that regard. A lot of gerrymanders have been thrown out of courts, and there is a Wisconsin case which could result in Gerrymandering being declared unconstitutional, if Kennedy joins the liberals.

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darthstar  Jun 10, 2017 • 6:59:33am

Mornin’ everyone. Well, the Warriors blew the sweep last night. So we all get three more days of Lebron.

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Big Beautiful Door  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:01:55am

re: #91 darthstar

Mornin’ everyone. Well, the Warriors blew the sweep last night. So we all get three more days of Lebron.

The odds are overwhelmingly against it, but can you imagine if the Cavs came back from down 3-1 to win again this year?

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darthstar  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:02:51am

Know any young climate scientists?

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darthstar  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:05:16am

re: #93 darthstar

Know any young climate scientists?

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It’s a pretty cool form. Step through it if you have a minute…you can skip the Macron speech (button bottom right).

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:17:06am

re: #70 wheat-dogg

Well, in any event, it’s still a projection of a curved surface onto a flat one.

This is true. All projections are distortions (either distance or area is hosed, Mercator, being for sailing is a projection allowing simplified calculations for courses) and projecting a sphere onto a plane is an extreme distortion, if the world were flat, our flat maps would all be equiarea, and they’re not

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HappyWarrior  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:19:38am

re: #92 Big Beautiful Door

The odds are overwhelmingly against it, but can you imagine if the Cavs came back from down 3-1 to win again this year?

That would actually be 3-0 which would be incredible and cement Lebron’s legend even more.

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darthstar  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:22:34am
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wheat-dogg  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:23:22am

re: #96 darthstar

WTH is all that about?

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darthstar  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:23:22am

re: #92 Big Beautiful Door

The odds are overwhelmingly against it, but can you imagine if the Cavs came back from down 3-1 to win again this year?

That would suck.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:24:04am

re: #99 wheat-dogg

WTH is all that about?

I believe that is the Twitter equivalent of a butt-dial. Or for those of us who do more with the desktop PC, “cat on keyboard”.

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darthstar  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:24:05am

re: #99 wheat-dogg

WTH is all that about?

It’s the most coherent statement to come out of the White House yet.

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darthstar  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:26:54am
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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:28:15am

re: #102 darthstar

It’s the most coherent statement to come out of the White House yet.

I don’t know. Covfefe was pretty high up there.

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darthstar  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:30:16am

re: #101 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I believe that is the Twitter equivalent of a butt-dial. Or for those of us who do more with the desktop PC, “cat on keyboard”.

So her ass activated her phone, typed in the password, launched a twitter app, hit the compose new tweet button, and THEN spewed emojis and hit send? Damn…she ought to be in movies.

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wheat-dogg  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:30:34am

re: #104 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

I don’tk now. Covfefe was pretty high up there.

I wonder if she will delete it, considering it’s an official Twitter account for the WH.

Yeah, she probably will. This admin cares little for record keeping.

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darthstar  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:31:59am

re: #106 wheat-dogg

I wonder if she will delete it, considering it’s an official Twitter account for the WH.

Yeah, she probably will. This admin cares little for record keeping.

It’s been getting mocked on twitter for a couple of hours…as David Frum said, they’re not exactly great at follow up.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:33:31am

re: #105 darthstar

So her ass activated her phone, typed in the password, launched a twitter app, hit the compose new tweet button, and THEN spewed emojis and hit send? Damn…she ought to be in movies.

My guess is she had Twitter open, set the phone down or slid it into a pocket/purse, and whatever it was brushing up against typed in a bunch of emojis and activated the Send button. From personal experience, I can tell you that just having an app open with your phone in your pocket can produce some unusual results.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:34:42am

re: #108 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

My guess is she had Twitter open, set the phone down or slid it into a pocket/purse, and whatever it was brushing up against typed in a bunch of emojis and activated the Send button. From personal experience, I can tell you that just having an app open with your phone in your pocket can produce some unusual results.

Maybe one of her kids got a hold of it. My dad one time got a text from my SiL but it was actually just my niece playing around.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:34:54am

re: #109 HappyWarrior

Maybe one of her kids got a hold of it. My dad one time got a text from my SiL but it was actually just my niece playing around.

Had that happen, too.

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FormerDirtDart  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:37:08am
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caseyjr  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:37:37am

re: #63 Shiplord Kirel

Ming and Klytus

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darthstar  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:37:58am

Sorry…the pocket and kid defenses are great and all, but I’m going with Hucka-boo-boo tripping on bath salts.

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:39:11am

re: #113 darthstar

Sorry…the pocket and kid defenses are great and all, but I’m going with Hucka-boo-boo tripping on bath salts.

I’m not denying that’s a perfectly plausible scenario. Just offering some alternative, less stupid (for Sarah) explanations. Of course, you know whatever excuse the White House comes up with - if any - is automatically a lie.

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wheat-dogg  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:39:25am

re: #109 HappyWarrior

Maybe one of her kids got a hold of it. My dad one time got a text from my SiL but it was actually just my niece playing around.

She tweeted that her 3-year-old got hold of the phone.

Not reassuring at all.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:40:40am

re: #115 wheat-dogg

She tweeted that her 3-year-old got hold of the phone.

Not reassuring at all.

Nope.

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caseyjr  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:41:51am

re: #78 Dr Lizardo

Now the newly-elected Scots Tories have formed a bloc, and their spokesperson is telling May that they may not be exactly reliable for her.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:42:01am

re: #110 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

Had that happen, too.

My Dad actually thought at first it was some new lingo and I was like no it’s pretty obvious that it was the niece. So he tweeted back, “Yes, I agree completely.” SiL got a good laugh out of that one.

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darthstar  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:43:51am
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wheat-dogg  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:44:28am

Heh

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Timothy Watson  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:44:31am

re: #113 darthstar

Sorry…the pocket and kid defenses are great and all, but I’m going with Hucka-boo-boo tripping on bath salts.

I was thinking it was a message to the Russians and they just have a very weird cipher.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:44:55am

re: #121 Timothy Watson

I was thinking it was a message to the Russians and they just have a very weird cipher.

Nah, she was sending a message to Donald.

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darthstar  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:45:41am

re: #115 wheat-dogg

She tweeted that her 3-year-old got hold of the phone.

Not reassuring at all.

Blaming the kid…figures.

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sagehen  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:46:15am
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makeitstop  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:46:53am

re: #121 Timothy Watson

I was thinking it was a message to the Russians and they just have a very weird cipher.

I was waiting for a Spicer-like explanation of how a few selected people will understand.

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caseyjr  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:47:22am

re: #120 wheat-dogg

But it’s not coal-fired!

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:47:29am

re: #117 caseyjr

Now the newly-elected Scots Tories have formed a bloc, and their spokesperson is telling May that they may not be exactly reliable for her.

May is becoming isolated. I get a feeling this government isn’t going to last long. Certainly not five years.

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ObserverArt  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:47:30am

re: #91 darthstar

Mornin’ everyone. Well, the Warriors blew the sweep last night. So we all get three more days of Lebron.

Awwww…no 16-0 run for the record books for the Golden boys.

More time for Draymond Green to be Super Jerk and for Stef Curry to play with his mouthpiece.

Had the Cavs been a little better with their shooting percentage this series would be 2-2.

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sagehen  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:52:33am

re: #120 wheat-dogg

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:53:37am

re: #129 sagehen

Seems the right place to rerun my all-time favorite XKCD

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It’s a testament to NASA’s engineering that they have a track record of things they send into space lasting a hell of a lot longer than they originally intended. See also: Voyager program.

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wheat-dogg  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:54:10am

re: #126 caseyjr

But it’s not coal-fired!

Trump has not yet visited NASA to propose his yooge solution to space propulsion:
build a big cannon, the biggest! It’ll be great. We’ll just shoot stuff — and people — into space. I saw it in a movie once. Think of the money we’ll save!

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ObserverArt  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:56:37am

re: #129 sagehen

Seems the right place to rerun my all-time favorite XKCD

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It shouldn’t but that cartoon always makes me feel sad for the little rover.

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Dr. Matt  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:57:03am
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covfefe  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:58:13am

re: #109 HappyWarrior

That would be my guess as well. *edit* I see she posted an explanation.

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Unshaken Defiance  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:58:14am

re: #63 Shiplord Kirel

It will be of great use to whatever creatures survive, cockroaches for instance. It is also possible that other intelligent species will evolve. They can study us just as we study creatures who have been extinct for millions of years. Since we are far more numerous than the proto-humans we have studied, and our presence far more intrusive, it is likely that future students of the past will be able to learn by our example.

They better learn from our mistakes anyway…

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sagehen  Jun 10, 2017 • 7:59:17am

re: #132 ObserverArt

It shouldn’t but that cartoon always makes me feel sad for the little rover.

Somebody added a few panels to give it a happier ending

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Quoth the raven, Covfefe.  Jun 10, 2017 • 8:01:18am

re: #132 ObserverArt

It shouldn’t but that cartoon always makes me feel sad for the little rover.

It’s Wall-E. Just on a different planet.

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Dr. Matt  Jun 10, 2017 • 8:09:42am
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makeitstop  Jun 10, 2017 • 8:13:58am

re: #128 ObserverArt

Awwww…no 16-0 run for the record books for the Golden boys.

More time for Draymond Green to be Super Jerk and for Stef Curry to play with his mouthpiece.

Had the Cavs been a little better with their shooting percentage this series would be 2-2.

I was struck by how much ‘Bron was yelling at JR Smith last night. JR’s the same as he ever was, a streaky shooter and kind of a bonehead.

I get the feeling that if Golden State takes this series, you might end up seeing Carmelo Anthony in a Cavs uni next year. They need a more reliable shooter than Smith to keep up with GS, especially since Durant came over.

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makeitstop  Jun 10, 2017 • 8:16:02am

re: #138 Dr. Matt

Skinner is using the “Trump is new to politics and doesn’t know all the rules” to excuse Trump.

What’s that old saying? ‘Ignorance of the law something something excuse?’

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JordanRules  Jun 10, 2017 • 8:18:05am

re: #139 makeitstop

I’m frankly surprised JR was still on the team as of a couple years ago. Will definitely be interesting to see off season moves for Cavs should they lose.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 10, 2017 • 8:18:45am
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jaunte  Jun 10, 2017 • 8:23:51am
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MsJ  Jun 10, 2017 • 8:23:54am

re: #85 Big Beautiful Door

Remember that Trump’s election was a bit of a fluke. He got a lower percentage of the popular vote than Romney did, and only managed to squeak in because Hillary was the most unpopular major party nominee ever other than Trump himself, and Trump had the help of the Russians, the mainstream media and Comey. Its unlikely the stars will perfectly align for the GOP nominee in 2020 as they did for Trump last year.

This is terrifying. If true, elections ARE as irrelevant as we are.

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bratwurst  Jun 10, 2017 • 8:24:24am
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JordanRules  Jun 10, 2017 • 8:30:23am
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makeitstop  Jun 10, 2017 • 8:33:33am

re: #141 JordanRules

I’m frankly surprised JR was still on the team as of a couple years ago. Will definitely be interesting to see off season moves for Cavs should they lose.

Stephen A. Smith and Tim Legler were speculating yesterday that LeBron might leave Cleveland again, but I don’t buy it. I’m thinking they’ll try to bring in help, and Love would be the most likely to be shipped out.

And the Melo scuttlebutt makes a certain amount of sense now, provided he looks beyond his standoff with Phil Jackson and thinks about his chances to actually win a ring if he goes to Cleveland.

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Timothy Watson  Jun 10, 2017 • 8:37:42am

re: #142 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Timothy Watson  Jun 10, 2017 • 8:39:37am

re: #146 bratwurst

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I remember the episode of Batman: The Animated Series where he voiced Batman’s childhood hero, the Gray Ghost:

Beware The Gray Ghost

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 10, 2017 • 8:39:40am

This is from where I grew up. Dying farm communities revitalized by an influx of largely Mexican families, who were moving in and putting down roots, and raising families. Until ICE started showing up.

That area went heavily for Trump. It used to be whiter than white. The only brown faces we saw were the migrant workers, who were black or Puerto Rican. They didn’t try to mix with the locals, of course. They ‘knew their place’. I suspect one reason why the locals went for Trump is that they didn’t notice so much that their dying towns were reviving, but rather that a strangers who looked different and talked different were moving in, and it scared them.

I guess to them, Make American Great Again means to revitalize their dying local economies without requiring an influx of Others.

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JordanRules  Jun 10, 2017 • 8:41:09am

Folks of the same age, from Jersey are a bit perplexed at Maher’s bubble. Like WTF? How?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 10, 2017 • 8:42:04am
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jaunte  Jun 10, 2017 • 8:45:49am
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wheat-dogg  Jun 10, 2017 • 8:48:12am

re: #146 bratwurst

Aww!

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Dr. Matt  Jun 10, 2017 • 8:48:55am

Entire fucking family are scumbags

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wheat-dogg  Jun 10, 2017 • 8:51:44am

re: #149 Timothy Watson

Holy run-on sentence, Batman!

No, Robin, it is a perfectly grammatical sentence. When we get back to the Bat-cave, I want you to diagram that sentence for homework!

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JordanRules  Jun 10, 2017 • 8:51:52am

re: #154 Backwoods_Sleuth

They get to burst thru the banners like a kitty championship game!

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JordanRules  Jun 10, 2017 • 8:55:09am
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When they keep gaslighting you gotta keep returning to basics.

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jaunte  Jun 10, 2017 • 8:58:17am

re: #160 JordanRules

Trumpco: “fair-market commercial transactions…”
Constitution: “of any kind whatever.”
Trumpco: “fair-market..”
Constitution: “any kind.”

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 10, 2017 • 8:58:35am

re: #153 JordanRules

Folks of the same age, from Jersey are a bit perplexed at Maher’s bubble. Like WTF? How?

Maher: I grew up in an all-white town. I was born in ‘56. Race wasn’t even an issue. It didn’t exist

I’d say where I grew up, race wasn’t an issue either, as long as you were white. Pretty sure it was an issue for those who weren’t. But that’s White Privilege for you - you never have to think about race, because you’re a walking Default Setting.

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caseyjr  Jun 10, 2017 • 9:01:22am

re: #154 Backwoods_Sleuth

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JordanRules  Jun 10, 2017 • 9:01:35am

re: #162 Blind Frog Belly White

Indeed! Starting with, I grew up in an all white town, should’ve been his first clue. But ya know, now that you’re all grown let’s make racist jokes, right Bill.

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jaunte  Jun 10, 2017 • 9:05:58am

re: #153 JordanRules

Maher: I grew up in an all-white town. I was born in ‘56. Race wasn’t even an issue. It didn’t exist

This is just bullshit. At some point even kids in his circumstances see that there are people of other races, and they get curious about why those people are all living somewhere else, not in “our neighborhood”. Then they learn that it’s a forbidden topic that makes everyone uncomfortable, or they start to get indoctrinated in their parents’ excuses for racism.

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Dr. Matt  Jun 10, 2017 • 9:09:48am
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(Fiona’s mom, Bibi, weighs ~3,000 pounds.)

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(Bert the Turtle)  Jun 10, 2017 • 9:14:25am

re: #144 MsJ

This is terrifying. If true, elections ARE as irrelevant as we are.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 10, 2017 • 9:16:57am

re: #153 JordanRules

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Yeah rolling my eyes at that.

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I can’t believe there are people who don’t realize the 60’s Batman was supposed to be a comedy.

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HappyWarrior  Jun 10, 2017 • 9:18:00am

re: #165 jaunte

This is just bullshit. At some point even kids in his circumstances see that there are people of other races, and they get curious about why those people are all living somewhere else, not in “our neighborhood”. Then they learn that it’s a forbidden topic that makes everyone uncomfortable, or they start to get indoctrinated in their parents’ excuses for racism.

Exactly.

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wheat-dogg  Jun 10, 2017 • 9:21:55am

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Perhaps the same demographic that believes WWE is real wrestling and Donald Trump is a real president.

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sagehen  Jun 10, 2017 • 9:23:07am

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“US Constitution: no US official “shall accept ..any emolument ..of any kind whatever, from any ..foreign state” without Congress’ consent.”

But of course this Congress will consent. Because party over country. Problem solved.

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wrenchwench  Jun 10, 2017 • 9:23:31am

re: #165 jaunte

This is just bullshit. At some point even kids in his circumstances see that there are people of other races, and they get curious about why those people are all living somewhere else, not in “our neighborhood”. Then they learn that it’s a forbidden topic that makes everyone uncomfortable, or they start to get indoctrinated in their parents’ excuses for racism.

The So. Cal. development I grew up in had one Hispanic family, and it was quite a notable event when the one Black family moved into the elementary school district. The mom came to the school and spoke to each class. “We’re pretty much the same as you, but my daughter (attending the school) has the advantage of experience in both cultures.

Meanwhile, the next development went in down the street, with their own elementary school. All white. I like to think all the kids notice these things, but I can’t judge by my own experience. My mom was a member of the Fair Housing Council, and she would take me to play the parts of mom and daughter looking to rent an apartment (white version) to check for a different reaction than the black version just got.

Some parts of my upbringing were done right.

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sagehen  Jun 10, 2017 • 9:23:53am

re: #162 Blind Frog Belly White

I’d say where I grew up, race wasn’t an issue either, as long as you were white. Pretty sure it was an issue for those who weren’t. But that’s White Privilege for you - you never have to think about race, because you’re a walking Default Setting.

Fish never question the existence of water.

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Ace-o-aces  Jun 10, 2017 • 9:24:09am

re: #175 HappyWarrior

Yeah, this guy seems like he’s legitimately concerned about women’s rights….

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HappyWarrior  Jun 10, 2017 • 9:25:30am

re: #180 Ace-o-aces

Yeah, this guy seems like he’s legitimately concerned about women’s rights….

I’ve heard of him. He’s a real prick.

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ObserverArt  Jun 10, 2017 • 9:26:50am

re: #139 makeitstop

I was struck by how much ‘Bron was yelling at JR Smith last night. JR’s the same as he ever was, a streaky shooter and kind of a bonehead.

I get the feeling that if Golden State takes this series, you might end up seeing Carmelo Anthony in a Cavs uni next year. They need a more reliable shooter than Smith to keep up with GS, especially since Durant came over.

Please no Carmelo. He is a black hole offensively and a liability on defense.

What makes Durant so damn good is not only can he shoot so well, the dude plays great defense.

And if the Cavs have any issues it can be lackadaisical defense. The Cavs could handle GS way better if Durant wasn’t there…he is the big difference maker for sure.

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Romantic Heretic  Jun 10, 2017 • 9:26:52am

re: #45 Shiplord Kirel

Trump hasn’t revealed that there are aliens because there are no aliens. There’s no way the yam wouldn’t blab the existence of Area 51 and the aliens held therein in a major tweetstorm.

Ergo: There are no aliens.

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MsJ  Jun 10, 2017 • 9:27:46am

re: #167 Backwoods_Sleuth

How come Fiona was raised by zookeepers? I thought her mom died.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 10, 2017 • 9:29:04am

re: #184 MsJ

How come Fiona was raised by zookeepers? I thought her mom died.

Fiona was born six weeks early and the zoo was afraid she would die.

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Stanley Sea  Jun 10, 2017 • 9:33:20am

re: #157 Dr. Matt

Entire fucking family are scumbags

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MsJ  Jun 10, 2017 • 9:33:31am

re: #185 Backwoods_Sleuth

Fiona was born six weeks early and the zoo was afraid she would die.

Oh, right. I remember now.

She’s so adorable. It’s an ongoing joy to watch her grow up.

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mmmirele  Jun 10, 2017 • 9:36:09am

re: #152 Dr Lizardo

RIP, Adam West.

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And I can tell you the quality is much better than what we saw on the 13 inch “portable” color TV we had when I was a kid!

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Romantic Heretic  Jun 10, 2017 • 9:37:02am

re: #111 FormerDirtDart

My fingers hurt just looking at that.

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Skip Intro  Jun 10, 2017 • 9:38:14am

re: #177 sagehen

“US Constitution: no US official “shall accept ..any emolument ..of any kind whatever, from any ..foreign state” without Congress’ consent.”

But of course this Congress will consent. Because party over country. Problem solved.

Just wait until Trump says “I don’t think we should have more elections. We’re all good here, right?” The GOP will goosestep right in line.

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wrenchwench  Jun 10, 2017 • 9:40:22am

re: #188 mmmirele

And I can tell you the quality is much better than what we saw on the 13 inch “portable” color TV we had when I was a kid!

You had color?!? We had 17”, but B&W. Went to the neighbor’s for the moon landing. Only the flag had color up there. Anybody else disappointed by the moon landing?

/my brother, who had guessed (for a contest, the year before) that it would happen on his birthday, two days earlier.)

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wheat-dogg  Jun 10, 2017 • 9:41:48am

re: #183 Romantic Heretic

Trump hasn’t revealed that there are aliens because there are no aliens. There’s no way the yam wouldn’t blab the existence of Area 51 and the aliens held therein in a major tweetstorm.

Ergo: There are no aliens.

You have forgotten the “plausible deniability” scene in Independence Day.

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Stanley Sea  Jun 10, 2017 • 9:42:32am

Growing up in white bubble, my story.

I went to an all white catholic school. Until the one little black girl enrolled.

We became friends, my parents & her parents became friends. Her mom had an MG & would come over & give us kids rides up and down the street.

Apparently the neighborhood was shocked.

I had a birthday party where some neighborhood kids were forced to boycott because my friend was there.

I didn’t know all this then, but found out later.

My parents were very liberal in those times & I’m grateful.

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JordanRules  Jun 10, 2017 • 9:45:54am

re: #194 Backwoods_Sleuth

Started out fun…

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caseyjr  Jun 10, 2017 • 9:46:34am

re: #193 Stanley Sea

Growing up in white bubble, my story.

I went to an all white catholic school. Until the one little black girl enrolled.

We became friends, my parents & her parents became friends. Her mom had an MG & would come over & give us kids rides up and down the street.

Apparently the neighborhood was shocked.

I had a birthday party where some neighborhood kids were forced to boycott because my friend was there.

I didn’t know all this then, but found out later.

My parents were very liberal in those times & I’m grateful.

My dad was born in 1916, and he was a lifelong republican; he would not tolerate any kind of anti-black bigotry. The n-word was completely verboten. IDK how he felt about Malcolm at that time, though. I think his tolerant acceptance was based around his x-tianity.

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Ace-o-aces  Jun 10, 2017 • 9:49:37am

Scott Presler apparently not Islamaphobic enough for some.

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wrenchwench  Jun 10, 2017 • 9:52:46am

re: #193 Stanley Sea

Growing up in white bubble, my story.

I went to an all white catholic school. Until the one little black girl enrolled.

We became friends, my parents & her parents became friends. Her mom had an MG & would come over & give us kids rides up and down the street.

Apparently the neighborhood was shocked.

I had a birthday party where some neighborhood kids were forced to boycott because my friend was there.

I didn’t know all this then, but found out later.

My parents were very liberal in those times & I’m grateful.

I had a Catholic birthday trauma. Not my party, the extremely Catholics down the street. The mom was dishing up the cake, and said, ‘Don’t take more than you can eat. It’s a sin to waste food, right wrenchwench? [but used my real name]. I had never heard that, but agreed, of course, so’s not to be found out as an unwitting sinner. My heart was pounding. I’m sure I ate all my cake, but I don’t remember any of it.

My mom had decided against Catholic school for her 7 after my older brother’s first grade experience. I have no idea whether anything happened, but you have my sympathy. How many years did you serve?

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KGxvi  Jun 10, 2017 • 9:55:24am

re: #22 allegro

Thinking the same thing. Also wondering what dimension must be occupied to find any vindication in the former FBI director’s Trump’s-a-lying-liar testimony.

These guys. I swear.

They think (or are at least trying to push the idea that) the only thing that matters is that Comey did tell Trump that he wasn’t the subject of the investigation. So that weird line in the termination letter, that everyone was going “wait, what?” over, is at least plausibly true.

They are also trying really hard to ignore the part where POTUS on multiple occasions tried to get the Director of the FBI to drop an investigation into a former member of his administration (and into his campaign).

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wrenchwench  Jun 10, 2017 • 9:56:03am

re: #171 Ace-o-aces

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I can’t believe there are people who don’t realize the 60’s Batman was supposed to be a comedy.

Wait, what?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 10, 2017 • 9:58:18am

I am so not shocked…

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Skip Intro  Jun 10, 2017 • 9:59:30am

Everybody in Washington Knows the Disaster Is Coming

Washington these days is stuck in a kind of Cassandra Syndrome. Everybody knows the disaster is coming but nobody knows how to stop it, and too many people don’t want to because they figure they can get rich selling off the ruins. But everybody knows the disaster is coming. People talk about it matter-of-factly, the way they talk about rain when the dark clouds gather over the monuments by the river. They also talk about it in whispers while every institution of democratic government screams for help. The government of the United States is in the hands of feckless time-servers and coat-holders at one end of Pennsylvania Avenue, and in the hands of an unpredictable and perilous clown show at the other. It is an altogether remarkable, if terrifying, place to be as summer comes on.

Jesus, won’t somebody get the net?

esquire.com

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Ace-o-aces  Jun 10, 2017 • 9:59:35am
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Kebob? You’re anti-kebob?
“Damn mooslims wit der tasty terror meat!”

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HappyWarrior  Jun 10, 2017 • 10:01:30am

Lre: #204 Ace-o-aces

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Kebob? You’re anti-kebob?
“Damn mooslims wit der tasty terror meat!”

Remove kebab? Aw hell no.

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BigPapa  Jun 10, 2017 • 10:01:59am

re: #204 Ace-o-aces

There is no defense against the Tryptophan Turkey Kebob. Especially with Sharia Sauce.

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Romantic Heretic  Jun 10, 2017 • 10:04:26am

re: #173 Ace-o-aces

Once again I have this going through my mind, with me as the Hulk and McInnes as Loki.

Hulk Vs Loki - Puny God

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Stanley Sea  Jun 10, 2017 • 10:06:08am

re: #198 wrenchwench

I had a Catholic birthday trauma. Not my party, the extremely Catholics down the street. The mom was dishing up the cake, and said, ‘Don’t take more than you can eat. It’s a sin to waste food, right wrenchwench? [but used my real name]. I had never heard that, but agreed, of course, so’s not to be found out as an unwitting sinner. My heart was pounding. I’m sure I ate all my cake, but I don’t remember any of it.

My mom had decided against Catholic school for her 7 after my older brother’s first grade experience. I have no idea whether anything happened, but you have my sympathy. How many years did you serve?

I served through 4th grade. Remember all the gossip of the seniors getting busted for smoking.

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Romantic Heretic  Jun 10, 2017 • 10:13:45am

re: #193 Stanley Sea

I grew up in an entirely WASP area.

Just a couple of Italian families was enough to cause some people to become apopleptic.

So, yeah, Maher is full of shit.

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wrenchwench  Jun 10, 2017 • 10:27:38am

re: #209 Romantic Heretic

I grew up in an entirely WASP area.

Just a couple of Italian families was enough to cause some people to become apopleptic.

So, yeah, Maher is full of shit.

Those Italians couldn’t get the ‘p’ part of WASP down. The Very Catholic family who scared the (be)jesus out of me at the birthday party were Italian.

I remember when a friend said her church didn’t consider Catholics to be Christians. I was floored.

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Stanley Sea  Jun 10, 2017 • 10:33:39am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 10, 2017 • 10:34:04am
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Dave In Austin  Jun 10, 2017 • 10:39:36am

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mmmirele  Jun 10, 2017 • 10:44:49am

re: #191 wrenchwench

You had color?!? We had 17”, but B&W. Went to the neighbor’s for the moon landing. Only the flag had color up there. Anybody else disappointed by the moon landing?

/my brother, who had guessed (for a contest, the year before) that it would happen on his birthday, two days earlier.)

My dad worked in Los Angeles for two years when I was a kid while we lived in the Bay Area. (He came home occasionally.) He bought the TV there and brought it back when the job was over. At that point, the console black and white we had got moved into my brother’s bedroom. I remember being really mad at dad that he’d hogged the color TV for two years before bringing it home to us.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 10, 2017 • 10:48:41am

hahahahahahahahaaaaa

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BigPapa  Jun 10, 2017 • 10:52:11am

re: #216 Backwoods_Sleuth

Midevil. Twitterz, do your thang.

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prairiefire  Jun 10, 2017 • 10:54:15am

re: #196 caseyjr

My dad was born in 1916, and he was a lifelong republican; he would not tolerate any kind of anti-black bigotry. The n-word was completely verboten. IDK how he felt about Malcolm at that time, though. I think his tolerant acceptance was based around his x-tianity.

My grandpa was like that. He talked down several fellow white business owners who were talking about retaliation to the blacks after the riots, after MLK died. KKK kind of talk, he always fought against it.

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Varek Raith  Jun 10, 2017 • 10:56:44am

Lawful evil, mid evil, chaotic evil.
Wait…

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 10, 2017 • 10:58:37am

re: #217 BigPapa

Midevil. Twitterz, do your thang.

Sort of like “light treason”?

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Varek Raith  Jun 10, 2017 • 10:59:01am

re: #220 Dr Lizardo

Sort of like “light treason”?

More like neutral treason.

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jaunte  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:00:38am
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jaunte  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:00:49am
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jaunte  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:02:20am
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Varek Raith  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:04:33am

What, you all don’t walk around in power armor at all times?
/Weirdos.

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BeachDem  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:04:44am

re: #193 Stanley Sea

Growing up in white bubble, my story.

I went to an all white catholic school. Until the one little black girl enrolled.

We became friends, my parents & her parents became friends. Her mom had an MG & would come over & give us kids rides up and down the street.

Apparently the neighborhood was shocked.

I had a birthday party where some neighborhood kids were forced to boycott because my friend was there.

I didn’t know all this then, but found out later.

My parents were very liberal in those times & I’m grateful.

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Varek Raith  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:05:08am

Lol
RW cosplay.

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jaunte  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:08:23am
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retired cynic  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:08:47am

re: #224 jaunte

I see the elephant has been there.

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jaunte  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:09:28am

re: #231 retired cynic

Mounted Sheriff, probably.

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Barefoot Grin  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:09:48am

Cromwell had the Roundheads. Trump has the Softheads.

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jaunte  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:09:55am

Hermann Park, Houston. Protesting alleged takedown of Sam Houston statue (there isn’t).

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:10:48am

re: #219 Varek Raith

re: #220 Dr Lizardo

Sort of like “light treason”?

pretty sure it was supposed to be “medieval”…like “moran” was supposed to be “moron”.

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retired cynic  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:12:05am

re: #232 jaunte

Mounted Sheriff, probably.

Oh, WAY too much for a horse. At least a rhino…

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:12:16am

re: #223 jaunte

“Think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize that half of them are stupider than that.”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:12:50am

re: #222 jaunte

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that’s just pathetic

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I cannot.  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:13:45am

re: #227 Varek Raith

I haven’t had my black carapace organ installed yet, so no….

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jaunte  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:14:46am

re: #237 Blind Frog Belly White

These people are driving around Houston every day, feeling victimized, armed, on a paranoid bender.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:18:54am

re: #240 jaunte

These people are driving around Houston every day, feeling victimized, armed, on a paranoid bender.

Limbic system constantly firing. I guess it gets addictive.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:19:34am

re: #226 jaunte

Note the 4chan flag thing that Sergey pointed out was like the Nazi one.

Really bummed to see the Adam West news. He’s still my favorite Batman.

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BigPapa  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:21:52am

re: #220 Dr Lizardo

Sort of like “light treason”?

Would you like your Treason Tots with Mild, Spicy, or Hot sauce?

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Ace Rothstein  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:21:58am

As a native Houstonian, I want to apologize to the entire universe.

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KingKenrod  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:22:35am

Commissioning June 10 in Galveston Texas. USS Gabrielle Gifford

dvidshub.net

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:22:41am

re: #241 Blind Frog Belly White

Limbic system constantly firing. I guess it gets addictive.

This is what I’m being careful to watch for as I’m adapting to cope with the current political climate. Constant rage isn’t good for me. Or despair, or nihilism, or cynicism.

That’s the easy way to turn into what I hate and/or trigger a serious depressive episode.

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jaunte  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:23:24am

re: #244 Ace Rothstein

I’m going to blame it on Splendora.

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Ace Rothstein  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:25:27am

re: #247 jaunte

I’m going to blame it on Splendora.

I was thinking Cut ‘N Shoot. (For non-Texan lizards, Cut ‘N Shoot is a real town in Texas near Conroe, about 40 miles north of Houston)

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Varek Raith  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:25:31am

re: #246 klys (maker of Silmarils)

This is what I’m being careful to watch for as I’m adapting to cope with the current political climate. Constant rage isn’t good for me. Or despair, or nihilism, or cynicism.

That’s the easy way to turn into what I hate and/or trigger a serious depressive episode.

You should wear Roman armor.

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jaunte  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:26:12am
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“imagine if these [open-carry] people were Arab, afro, Latin, etc.”

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:26:30am

re: #249 Varek Raith

You should wear Roman armor.

Dude, that stuff isn’t designed for boobs.

Also it’d clank horribly as I’m running.

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Dr Lizardo  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:26:47am

re: #243 BigPapa

Would you like your Treason Tots with Mild, Spicy, or Hot sauce?

Oh, definitely the Spicy sauce please!

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Varek Raith  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:28:26am

re: #251 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Dude, that stuff isn’t designed for boobs.

Also it’d clank horribly as I’m running.

Ah, good point.
Didn’t occur to me.
/whoops

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stpaulbear  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:28:44am

re: #216 Backwoods_Sleuth

Rachel Maddow MSNBC ✔ @maddow
“Midevil”. So… not so bad?

Minevil, Midevil, Maxevil.

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Ace Rothstein  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:30:00am

I love how they’re protesting “Law Law.”

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The Ghost of Senator Incitatus  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:30:27am

re: #242 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Really bummed to see the Adam West news. He’s still my favorite Batman.

Nice thoughtful Batman is way better than ridiculous violence monkey Batman.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:31:49am

heya klys…been saving this for you:

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jaunte  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:32:14am

re: #256 Ace Rothstein

It’s the Houston Area Barrel-Shaped Dude convention.

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:34:59am

re: #258 Backwoods_Sleuth

OH RIGHT that’s today.

(Also that looks fantastic.)

Last night’s discovery is that gin, passion fruit, lemon, orgeat, and falernum make a FANTASTIC cocktail. Mmmm. Maybe after my run.

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Dave In Austin  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:35:41am

re: #251 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Dude, that stuff isn’t designed for boobs.

Also it’d clank horribly as I’m running.

Modify with spaghetti strainers…. Sturdy, yet breathable….

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klys (maker of Silmarils)  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:35:53am
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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:40:17am

re: #246 klys (maker of Silmarils)

This is what I’m being careful to watch for as I’m adapting to cope with the current political climate. Constant rage isn’t good for me. Or despair, or nihilism, or cynicism.

That’s the easy way to turn into what I hate and/or trigger a serious depressive episode.

It’s important to remember to cycle through them.
//////

Honestly, though, it’s become a real distraction. It used to be funny to come out in the morning and ask Mrs. FBW, “What fresh Hell awaits?”, but nowadays there’s usually some actual Hell waiting.

Your running should be a big help - 12 miles with no FB, no Twitter, no cable news. Yesterday at work - where I confess to spending a bit too much time online - instead of taking a break by checking out the news, I went for a walk around the block (big block - per Strava, it’s 1.6 miles). Good for the mood.

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ericblair  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:40:43am

re: #226 jaunte

He’s worried that antifa will use knives so he got roman armor.

Give him a couple of mini Snickers bars and remind him he’s supposed to say trick or treat.

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Birth Control Works  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:42:22am

Saturday Cuteness:

Funny Dogs - Cute And Funny Beagle Videos Compilation

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:43:37am

re: #264 ericblair

Give him a couple of mini Snickers bars and remind him he’s supposed to say trick or treat.

or, since he already has the outfit, give him directions to The Kingdom…I hear Ezekiel has some vacancies after last season.

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Birth Control Works  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:45:23am

re: #246 klys (maker of Silmarils)

This is what I’m being careful to watch for as I’m adapting to cope with the current political climate. Constant rage isn’t good for me. Or despair, or nihilism, or cynicism.

That’s the easy way to turn into what I hate and/or trigger a serious depressive episode.

I play in photoshop and make t-shirts.

I used to clean, I’m old now

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William Lewis  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:47:30am

re: #226 jaunte

Silly child. That Lorica Segmenta won’t stop a bullet. And since I doubt it’s made of all that good a grade of steel anyway. even a cheap cut & thrust blade would probably slide between the segments as well. But hey, I’m sure that it’ll keep you safe from that scary religious law that the constitution forbids anyway…

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:48:44am

re: #268 William Lewis

Silly child. That Lorica Segmenta won’t stop a bullet. And since I doubt it’s made of all that good a grade of steel anyway. even a cheap cut & thrust blade would probably slide between the segments as well. But hey, I’m sure that it’ll keep you safe from that scary religious law that the constitution forbids anyway…

and his neck is completely available to any weapon, including the edge of a hand…

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Birth Control Works  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:50:39am

???

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:51:42am

re: #271 Birth Control Works

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Birth Control Works  Jun 10, 2017 • 11:56:05am

NYT- Religious Liberals Sat Out of Politics for 40 Years. Now They Want in the Game.

Some are calling the holy ruckus a “religious resistance.” Others, mindful that periodic attempts at a resurgence on the religious left have all failed, point to an even loftier ambition than taking on the current White House: After 40 years in which the Christian right has dominated the influence of organized religion on American politics — souring some people on religion altogether, studies show — left-leaning faith leaders are hungry to break the right’s grip on setting the nation’s moral agenda.

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Ace Rothstein  Jun 10, 2017 • 12:00:06pm
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Barefoot Grin  Jun 10, 2017 • 12:01:34pm

These are the people who were going to stop Jade Helm.

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Joe Bacon  Jun 10, 2017 • 12:11:00pm

re: #233 Barefoot Grin

Cromwell had the Roundheads. Trump has the Softheads.

I thought that Trump had The Shitheads!

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Joe Bacon  Jun 10, 2017 • 12:17:31pm

re: #273 Birth Control Works

NYT- Religious Liberals Sat Out of Politics for 40 Years. Now They Want in the Game.

They’ve been saying this for years and every time they back down. Another reason why I won’t ever waste time in a church. And millions will continue to walk out of them and never go back.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jun 10, 2017 • 12:50:12pm

re: #274 Ace Rothstein

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Jebediah, RBG  Jun 10, 2017 • 1:03:17pm

re: #132 ObserverArt

It shouldn’t but that cartoon always makes me feel sad for the little rover.

Me, too…

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Ming5000  Jun 10, 2017 • 1:09:35pm

re: #274 Ace Rothstein

True, what Evan said: “the time for reasoning and negotiating with these people have past”.

They are living is some kind of cosplay fantasy land.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 10, 2017 • 1:13:50pm

re: #280 Ming5000

True, what Evan said: “the time for reasoning and negotiating with these people have past”.

They are living is some kind of cosplay fantasy land.

As if there was ever any “reasoning and negotiating”.

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caseyjr  Jun 10, 2017 • 1:23:59pm

re: #231 retired cynic

I see the elephant has been there.

Alan Desh will be along any time with his broom and scoop.

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caseyjr  Jun 10, 2017 • 1:25:37pm

re: #240 jaunte

These people are driving around Houston every day, feeling victimized, armed, on a paranoid bender.

eventually it becomes self-fulfilling, they manage a self-inflicted GSW


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